how to take backup and restore of mysql database in vb.net

Question

hello to all i m making a project in vb.net now i want to give utility of backup and restore database in window application vb.net

Muralidharan Deenathayalan · Answer

Just create two batch files one is for taking backup & other one is for restore. Call the batch file in .net. http://www.dotnetspider.com/resources/19537-MySQL-Database-Backup-Restore-from-C-NET.aspx -- For Taking backup @ECHO off cls set DBchoice=%1% set User=%2% set Password=%3% set pathchoice=%4% @REM Remove double quotes from the path @REM SET pathchoice=%pathchoice:=% @REM SET pathchoice=%pathchoice:=% mysqldump --add-drop-table -B %DBchoice% -u %User% --password=%Password% > %pathchoice% -- To Restore : @ECHO off cls set User=%1% set Password=%2% set DBchoice=%3% set pathchoice=%4% set hostIP=%5% set toolPath=%6% @REM Remove double quotes from the path @REM SET pathchoice=%pathchoice:=% @REM SET pathchoice=%pathchoice:=% %toolPath%\mysql -u %User% -h%hostIP% --password=%Password% %DBchoice% http://www.dotnetspider.com/resources/19537-MySQL-Database-Backup-Restore-from-C-NET.aspx To make backup here is the vb code : process.start(C:program files/mysql/bin/mysqldum.exe-u username -p password --database=dbname > -r C:\back.sql) To restore process.start(C:\porgram files\mysql\bin\mysql.exe-u username -p password --database=dbname > -r C:\back.sql) http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?2818395181484 http://viralpatel.net/blogs/2009/01/mysql-database-backup-mysql-mysqldump-backup-command.html